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I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-17400 on 11 November 2008. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at .

The concordat with local authorities reinforces the principle that local delivery decisions should be made locally to ensure the delivery of local outcome agreement. Third sector organisations such as Community Service Volunteers can make a contribution to delivering single outcome agreements by engaging with community planning partnerships and local authorities.

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-21476 on 21 April 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at .

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-21476 on 21 April 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at .

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-21476 on 21 April 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at .

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-21476, on 21 April 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at .

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-21476 on 21 April 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at .

In recent months, the First Minister, the Cabinet Secretary, the Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism and I have visited key Scottish manufacturers of low emission vehicles, electric vehicle batteries and other alternative fuels.

We welcome the recent announcement by the Technology Strategy Board of the success of Allied Mobility and its consortium partners in securing £1.8 million to trial electric vehicles in Glasgow, and congratulate all involved. We believe that Scotland has great potential to take advantage of the commercial opportunities for job and wealth creation within the global market for low carbon vehicles, and we will continue to do all that we can to support this industry.

Our detailed policy is being developed and will informed by evidence gathered from a number of sources. We will launch our consultation at a key stakeholder conference taking place on 29 June at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.

Targeted media and marketing campaigns are also promoting the benefits of more sustainable and active transport - for example, eco-driving, cycling and  walking - while the Smarter Choices, Smarter Places transport demonstration projects underway across Scotland will provide best practice evidence of sustainable travel planning in towns and communities.

If dangerous climate change is to be averted it is imperative that ambitious commitments and actions to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions are agreed at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change conference in Copenhagen in December.

The 80% emissions reduction target in our world-leading Climate Change Bill is consistent with the best available scientific advice on the level of global reductions required to avoid dangerous climate change.

The Scottish Housing Quality Standard (SHQS) was introduced in 2004 to give Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) and Local Authorities a minimum standard to aim for in improving housing stock. All social landlords are expected to produce Standard Delivery Plans indicating how they will bring their properties up to the standard by 2015. From April 2008 the Scottish Housing Regulator is responsible, on behalf of the Scottish ministers, for monitoring landlords'' progress towards achieving the SHQS.

Responsibility for enforcing standards in private rented accommodation lies with local authorities. Mandatory landlord registration and licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) set minimum standards for private rented housing and give local authorities a range of enforcement powers to tackle bad landlord practice. We would encourage all councils to use the full range of their powers to tackle the minority of landlords who can give the sector a poor reputation.

From September 2007, the Housing Act (Scotland) 2006 gave tenants in most types of private rented accommodation the right to apply to the Private Rented Housing Panel (PRHP) where they feel that the landlord has not complied with the duty to ensure that the house meets the repairing standard. The PRHP has the power to make Repairing Standard Enforcement Orders, and ultimately rent relief orders, if mediation is not appropriate or fails. Under the 2006 Act councils also have powers to act earlier when a house is falling into poor condition.